Job 37:20 Commentary: Rashi & Malbim

הַֽיְסֻפַּר־ל֭וֹ כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אִֽם־אָ֥מַר אִ֝֗ישׁ כִּ֣י יְבֻלָּֽע׃

Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Rashi on Job

Need it be told to Him when I speak Is He like mortals, that He must be told what we are saying?
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Malbim on Job

On the other hand, how could Job’s assertion that God has delegated Governance to the Cosmos be left unchallenged?
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Rashi on Job

or need a man tell utter with his mouth.
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